The number of Russian tourists visiting Armenia surged by 28% in 2017
According to Russian TurStat analytical agency, the number of trips from Russia to Armenia increased by 28#37; to 368,000 last year compared to a year earlier, and the total number of outbound tourist trips from Russia increased by 25#37; to 40 million.br / br /
YEREVAN, March 17. /ARKA/. According to Russian TurStat analytical agency, the number of trips from Russia to Armenia increased by 28% to 368,000 last year compared to a year earlier, and the total number of outbound tourist trips from Russia increased by 25% to 40 million.br
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Armenia ranked 26th in terms of the number of tourist trips from Russia, slightly losing to the UAE (379,000) and coming ahead of Israel (359,000).br
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The top ten countries in 2017 were Turkey (4.5 million), Abkhazia (4.3 million), Finland (3.3 million), Kazakhstan (3 million), Ukraine (2. 3 million), China (2 million), Estonia (1.7 million), Poland (1.2 million), Germany (1.2 million) and Thailand (1.1 million). -0-br
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